It has been a wonderful day on Monday, 17th of May 2010 when the 1st Junior Highland Games in Windhoek took place at the Multipurpose Youth Centre in Katutura. More than 120 children competed to become the strongest men and women and learned to use their growing strength in some unusual ways. Copied from the international adult games and customized for the kids, boys and girls between the age of 6 and 14 had to go through seven disciplines.
In the “Farmers Walk”, they had to walk rounds with two tree trunks in their hands and according to the rounds they made, they got different points. Other disciplines were “Pulling the caber”, “Putting the stone”, “Sheaf Toss”, “Tossing the Wellie”, “Hill Race” and a “Tug-O-War”. It is about having fun but also understand it as a serious competition where they can figure out the strongest one amongst them.

Rico Lachmann

At the end of the day, the three best teams received certificates, prices and medals and they will surely remember their first games. It was a great surprise that the strongest team overall was a girls team! In the single competition, the first three winners of the boys and girls have also been honored. The Tug-O-War counted as a competition on its own and has been won by the girls team “Gal Levels” with the seven team members Jennifer Nunuhes, Romencia Mukoko, Melandri Links, Vanessa De Klerk, Meroldi Kaoper, Sophia Cloete and Tete Appollas.

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